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Pope Urban VIII
April 15, 1568 – July 29, 1644
Head of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644
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Pope Urban VIII, born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts, commissioning works from artists like Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and a reformer of Church missions. His papacy also covered 21 years of the Thirty Years' War.
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- Birthday · April 15
- Anniversary · July 29
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